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R. 'The Hon. Jean Marie de Montague' in Glen Patterson's West Vancouver garden, English Bay in background.
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Journal American
Rhododendron Society

Winter 1997
Vol. 51 No. 1

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, P.O. Box 1380, Gloucester, VA 23061. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $25 a year. The Journal American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1997 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
The Western North American Rhododendron Species Project by Rick Peterson		Roan Mountain: Its Rhododendrons and Its Festivals by Homer Salley, Ed.D.
Flower Bud Formation Revisited by Mark P. Widrlechner		LenDonwood Garden by Leonard O. Miller, D.D.S.
Tips for Beginners, Hybridizing Notes: Planting the Seed by Jim Barlup		Cape Cod Chapter Develops Garden at Orleans by Phyllis Laking Hunt
Red Lepidotes by Pat Halligan		Do You Know the Way to San Jose? by Diane Weissman
In Praise of Rhododendron lutescens by Felice Blake		A Dream Called 'Lu Zhu' by Ray Talbot
ARS Welcomes Two New Chapters by Barbara R. Hall		Vancouver '97 - Where East Meets West by Ray Talbot
ARS Plant Awards 1996 by Elsie Watson		From the President by Herbert A. Spady, M.D.
Announcement of Research Grant by Dr. Benjamin Hall		Commentary: The Naming of Hybrids by Keith Adams / Robert A. Murray
All Season Weather Protection for Your Plants by Dr. Mark G. Konrad		American Rhododendron Society Pollen Bank by Ron R. Rabideau
Bronze Medal Awards		ARS Plant Registry
In Memoriam: Frank Skerbeck, M.D.		In Memoriam: Joe Davis
In Memoriam: Sigrid Laxdall		In Memoriam: Harry Cyril Wright


OFFICERS
*President*	*Eastern Vice President*	*Western Vice President*
HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D.	H.C. "BUD" GEHNRICH	JEANINE SMITH
*Past President*	*Treasurer*	*Executive Director*
A. RICHARD BROOKS	GERALD E. NUTTER	BARBARA R. HALL
	*Editor*
	SONJA NELSON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1997
JEAN BEAUDRY - BARBARA J. CAMPBELL - RICHARD CAVENDER - HAROLD E. GREER WILBURN S. SMITH JR.
1998
LESLIE K.C. CLAY - LAURA KENTALA - RICHARD H. GUSTAFSON - EDWARD COLLINS
1999
FRED MINCH - BARBARA L GINGRAS - LEONARD O. MILLER, D.D.S. - JOAN SCHIFF

Technical Reviewers
FRANK L. DOLESHY, FRED GALLE, HAROLD E. GREER, AUGUST KEHR, Ph.D., C. DAVID LEWIS, Ph.D. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST, Ph.D., REGISTRAR JAY MURRAY, HERBERT A. SPADY, M.D. ROBERT TICKNOR, Ph.D., TED VAN VEEN, MARK WIDRLECHNER, Ph.D.

DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTORS WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
DISTRICT 1	DISTRICT 2	DISTRICT 3
Leslie K.C. Clay, District Director Everett Jefferson, Alternate *COWICHAN VALLEY* Charlie Raymond *FRASER SOUTH* Bobby Ogdon *FRASER VALLEY* Yolanta Siwinski *MT. ARROWSMITH* Mary Parker *NANAIMO* Donna Porter *NORTH ISLAND* Robin Harrison *PEACE ARCH* Peter Knoepfel *VANCOUVER* Carolyn Finlay *VICTORIA* Joe Harvey	Laura Kentala, District Director Charles H. "Chip" Muller, Alternate *CASCADE* Doug Crane *KOMO KULSHAN* Chester Haynes *PILCHUCK CHAPTER* Wayne McPherson *SEATTLE CHAPTER* Lynden Watts *WHIDBEY ISLAND* Don Lee	Fred Minch, District Director Henry R. "Hank" Helm, Alternate *GRAYS HARBOR* Audrey Holmeide *JUAN DE FUCA* Dorothy Skerbeck *KITSAP* William O'Neill *LEWIS COUNTY* Marie Betts *OLYMPIA* Don Clark *OLYMPIC PENINSULA* James Middleton *PENINSULA* Mary Boatwright *SHELTON* Ross Tocher *TACOMA* E. White Smith
DISTRICT 4	DISTRICT 5	DISTRICT 6
Richard Cavender, District Director Thompson E. Drake, Alternate *CORVALLIS* Ali Sarlak *EUGENE* Mike Hopewell *PORTLAND* Dave Collier *SIUSLAW* James Smith *SOUTHWESTERN OREGON* Jay O'Leary *TUALATIN VALLEY* MaBelle McCornack *WILLAMETTE* Jason Ashford	Barbara J. Campbell, District Director Jerry L. Fickes, Alternate *CALIFORNIA* Paul Anderson *DE ANZA* Tom Wynn *EUREKA* Don Wallace *MONTEREY BAY* Tom Kelly *NOYO* Frank Collins *REDWOOD EMPIRE* Parker Smith *SO. CALIFORNIA* Linda Kranen	Barbara L. Gingras, District Director Margaret (Peggy) Taylor, Alternate *CAPE COD* Phyllis Laking Hunt *CONNECTICUT* R. Steven Fratoni *MAINE* William Kautzmann *MASSACHUSETTS* Joe Parks *SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT* Leo Sandmann
DISTRICT 7	DISTRICT 8	DISTRICT 9
Richard H. Gustafson, Ph.D., District Director Dr. Alexander R. Fitzburgh, Alternate *NEW YORK* Albert J. Muller *PRINCETON* Robert Warren *TAPPAN ZEE* Allan Anderson	Wilburn S. Smith, Jr., District Director Robert M. Wilkinson, Jr., Alternate *GREATER PHILADELPHIA* Howard Roberts *LEHIGH VALLEY* Bruce Keyser *PINE BARRENS* Marshall "Bud" Gressman *SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY* John P. Bartlett *VALLEY FORGE* Robert Stamper	Jean Beaudry, District Director Sandra McDonald, Alternate *MASON DIXON* J. Russell Parsons *MIDDLE ATLANTIC* C. Ray Doggett *POTOMAC VALLEY* Donald W. Hyatt
DISTRICT 10	DISTRICT 11	DISTRICT 12
Edward D. Collins, District Director Richard F. Clapp, Alternate *AZALEA* Avis Aronovitz *BIRMINGHAM* George Book *CHATTAHOOCHEE* Robert B. Greenleaf *PIEDMONT* Dr. Robert Means *SOUTHEASTERN* Edward W. Collins *TENNESSEE VALLEY* Rudolph A. Hoppe, M.D. *WILLIAM BARTRAM* Dr. R.H. Bowick	Leonard O. Miller, District Director Susan Boatman, Alternate *ANN ARBOR* Robert A. Day *BLUEGRASS* Maynard Van Horn *GREAT LAKES* Harry Johnson *GREAT RIVERS* J. Patrick Tatum *MIDWEST* Roger Dunlap *OZARK* Keith G. Johansson	The Rhododendron Society Of Canada Joan Schiff, District Director Jack Looye, Alternate *RSC ATLANTIC* Owen Holland *RSC NIAGARA* Jackie Looye *RSC TORONTO* Joan Schiff
CHAPTERS AT LARGE
Harold E. Greer, Director John M. Hammond, Alternate *DANISH* Torben Stein *DUTCH* T. Huisman *J. D. HOOKER* Sri Keshab C. Pradham *SCOTTISH* Mervyn Kessell *NON CHAPTER*

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